Tag: kpop
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Two Song Reviews: ‘Giddy’ and ‘Back to the City’ by Kep1er
While Kepler’s Giddy is perfectly serviceable title track, Back to the City shows much promise for the future of Kep1er’s discography.
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Song Review: Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers) by ATEEZ
ATEEZ’s “Bouncy” will certainly not be for everyone, but the sheer charisma and delivery of the members is something anyone can appreciate.
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Song Review: Wild Heart by LUN8
LUN8 is fantiago’s new boy group since ASTRO. Having loved a lot of ASTRO’s music, especially from their earlier years, I eyed the group with some mild expectations. Additionally, one of the contestants from I-Land, Noh Sungchul, was previously announced as a member, so there was another factor that made me quite interested. Even so,…
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Two Song Reviews: ‘Knock’ and ‘I don’t wanna know’ by Lee Chaeyeon
Lee Chaeyeon’s run in the K-pop industry has been nothing short of trials and tribulations. From joining K-pop star at 11 with her sister, to competing at SIXTEEN (the survival show that birthed TWICE) only to get eliminated early, later leaving JYP entertainment in order to ensure her sister can make her debut in ITZY,…
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Song Review: Island by The Wind
I have been contemplating whether I should write about this song or not, but I think I have come back to it enough times despite some initial misgivings to be worth writing about. I did not think there would ever be some sort of male GFRIEND to debut in the industry, but I suppose the…
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Song Review: S-Class by Stray Kids
At the moment, Stray Kids have unofficially taken the title of being the most popular 4th Generation boy group in K-pop, even making history by breaking the record for the highest number of pre-orders of any K-pop album. Did it live up to its hype? In my opinion, to an extent. If there is one…
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Song Review: Kick It 4 Now by The New Six (TNX)
TNX’s last title track ‘Love Or Die’ deeply impressed me, only growing better with more listens. As it stands, it has a good shot at being my SOTY (song of the year). Hence, my expectations and excitement for ‘Kick it 4 Now’ were through the roof. Fortunately, ‘Kick It 4 Now’ met my expectations. While…
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Song Review: I AM by IVE
Thanks to their startlingly consistent run of high-quality singles, IVE faced very high expectations from K-pop fans to deliver an outstanding full album. Their full album I’VE IVE is led by the title track ‘I AM’, which gives Key’s ‘Killer‘ and Boys Planet’s ‘Jelly Pop‘ a run for their money as my personal SOTY. These…
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Album Review: DARK BLOOD by ENHYPEN
ENHYPEN was my number 1 ultimate group for the past 3 years. They were my introduction to K-pop- it was their album that was the first album I’ve ever bought, the first survival show I watched, first K-pop variety content I tuned into, first- well you get the idea. Their albums and title tracks have…
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The Curious Case of NewJeans’ ‘Zero’ – A K-pop commercial song done right?
Released as a commercial song for Coca Cola, ‘Zero’ divided K-pop fans immensely upon its release. This was mainly because of its polarizing chorus, which is essentially a repeated chant of the phrases, ‘Coca Cola mashita’ and ‘See you look and catch it, here is my Cola’. What triggered the majority of the criticisms online…
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